Don’t Do That Podcast: Slaying The Internet’s Wildest Myths

In Germany, around 1440, the goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented the movable-type printing press, which started the Printing Revolution. Human civilization had waited for nearly 600 years to discover a way beyond print to access the wealth of information Available about…well, everything.

What did we get for our long vigil? The internet? That’s like children waiting all year for Santa Claus and receiving coal in their stockings, but the coal is disguised as a diamond.

In August, podcasting has been at the spear’s edge of contesting conspiracy theories, misinformation, and myths. First, podcast fans received Conspiracy, She Wrote, a historical memoir of conspiracy theories.

Then, podcast fans welcomed Don’t Do That, a podcast that tackles the internet’s wildest myths and provides an antidote to the bonkers life hacks clogging up our feeds.

Each week, host Julia Webster, a podcast producer and journalist from the U.K., acts as a factual tour guide, wading through these myths to separate fact from fiction, one trend at a time.

There will be a debunking of viral trends and a reality check on the latest ‘miracle cures’ floating around TikTok and Instagram. With a sharp wit and a degree in biology, Julia Webster combines her scientific knowledge…